This means that with ANY computer, you can capture to the formats that the three major NLEs like: ProRes, DnxHD, and MPEG-2I…with their separate VETURA software. This means that I can use my MXO2 to capture footage for AVID! Well, it is still QT, and yes, Avid MC5 will still require it to be “transcoded” to MXF in order to be fully functional in the Avid workflow (export of AAF and OMF for audio). Still…pretty big step here.

Matrox Vetura Capture lets users quickly and easily capture QuickTime files using popular codecs installed on their editing systems. Users of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 can capture to the Matrox MPEG2 I-frame full raster (1920 x 1080) HD codec or to other popular Adobe-supported codecs. Users of Final Cut Pro can capture to ProRes and other popular Final Cut Pro codecs. Users of Avid Media Composer can capture directly to Avid DNxHD .mov files or other popular Avid-supported codecs.

“Media Composer users in network environments will appreciate how the Vetura Capture and Playback applications allow the use of Matrox MXO2 LE, MXO2 and MXO2 Rack on SDI ingest and playout stations,” said Wayne Andrews, Matrox product manager. Editors on the network can use Matrox MXO2 Mini devices for monitoring while editing, then put material back on the network to go out SDI from another Matrox-based ingest/playout station.”

“We are listening to our customers and continuing to add value to the Matrox MXO2 product line,” said Alberto Cieri, Matrox senior director of sales and marketing. “This release rounds out Matrox MXO2’s cross-platform support with complete I/O, fast H.264 encoding, and other important productivity benefits for users of the three most popular professional editing applications: Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Avid Media Composer.”

Availability

Matrox products are available through a worldwide network of authorized dealers. Release 2.1 for Mac is now available to registered users of Matrox MXO2 devices and Matrox CompressHD as a free download from the Matrox website.

Key Features of Matrox MXO2 Family for Mac

Convenient form factors for use in studio, on set, in the field, and in OB vans

It captures DNxHD…for Avid. Yes, Avid works with ProRes now…so being able to capture to DNxHD might not be ALL that big of a deal. Considering that they need to be converted (either format) to MXF files in order for Avid to be “fully functional.”

BUT, what this does mean is that if you ONLY have the Avid software…not Final Cut Pro….you can use ANY Matrox MXO2 to capture to Avid DNxHD…that is then importable into Avid via AMA. And if you have the MXO2 or MXO2 LE, you can have deck control and grab timecode. Yes, OUTPUT from Avid MC5 only works with the Mini thus far, and that doesn’t have deck control…and no SDI inputs. But, this is a step in the right direction…to be able to capture for Avid, without Avid hardware…and without needing FCP to capture to ProRes.

GAH! No deck control with Vetura Capture. Even if you have the MXO2 or MXO2 LE with Rs-422. Not in this release. Well darn it… that makes it pretty much unusable for pro work at this time. Drat and double drat.

I don’t suppose you installed this on a Leopard system, did you? I’m considering using this for live studio capture so I wouldn’t need deck control – just the time code along with the A/V streams. But our system in our studio is only Mac OS X 10.5.8. We already capture with Final Cut, but it’s way overkill for strictly capturing.